Tk With James Scott

Javier tells James about his journey to the United States at the age of 9. They discuss the power of teachers, the Undocupoets Campaign, transcendent readings, struggling to find an ending, and his collection of poems, UNACCOMPANIED (fall 2017). Then, Jennifer De Leon talks about opportunities for teen writers, #WeNeedDiverseBooks, and her experiences teaching in the YAWP program at Grub Street in Boston.     Javier and James Discuss: Yusef Komunyakaa Sharon Olds   Alejandro Zambra  Valeria Luiselli  Dick Scanlan Roberto Bolano  Gabriel Garcia Marquez  Jorge Luis Borges  ONE STORY  Yaddo  MacDowell Colony  Pablo Neruda  Rebecca Faust  Squaw Valley Writers' Workshops  Napa Valley Writers' Conference  Bread Loaf Writers' Conference  Alberto Rios  BIG FISH by Daniel Wallace  UC- Berkeley  NYU  Olive B. O'Connor  Peter Balakian Carolyn Forche Wallace Stegner Fellowship  Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship UndocuPoets Campaign Sibling Rivalry Press  Wil S. Hylton  Matthew Salesses  Monica So

Set in Spain in the late 70s, Gabrielle's debut novel, THE SLEEPING WORLD, represents something deeply personal to her. She tells James about writing through grief, how the novel grew from a short story inspired by a song, as well as world building, dirt, and 'the spaghetti mind.' Plus Janet Geddis, the owner of Avid Bookshop in Athens, GA, shares exciting news and she and James geek out over upcoming fall titles.     James and Gabrielle Discuss:  Keith Waldrop  LADY AND THE TRAMP Jamaica Kincaid  "Runaway", THE NATIONAL SOY CUBA dir by Mikhail Kalatozov  PEPI, LUCI, BOM AND OTHER GIRLS LIKE MOM dir. by Pedro Almodovar  Alberto Garcia-Alix (photographer) NADA by Carmen Laforet  Elena Ferrante  RAY OF THE STAR by Laird Hunt  Toni Morrison  Audre Lorde  Alice Walker  WHAT BELONGS TO YOU by Garth Greenwell    James and Janet Discuss: Deirdre Sugiuchi Al Dixon  WE SHOW WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED by Clare Beams (10/25)* THE MORTIFICATIONS by Derek Palacio (10/4)# HOW TO SHAKE THE OTHER MAN by Derek Palacio  Nouvella Boo

The interconnected stories in YOU MAY SEE A STRANGER took Paula Whyman over a decade to compile. She gives James some advice for writing sex scenes and explains how she writes with such honesty. Then, Daniel Menaker tells James about deciding to represent Paula's book, editing Alice Munro's stories, his career at Random House, and what made his time at The New Yorker so special. And somewhere a dog barks. Quite frequently.     Paula and James discuss: Yaddo  THE BREAST by Philip Roth  PLOUGHSHARES  THE HUDSON REVIEW American University  VIRGIN FICTION (anthology)  WORLD VIEW  Porter Square Books Joanna Rakoff  Philip Roth  T.C. Boyle  Martin Amis  Jamie Quatro  Alyssa Nutting  OLIVE KITTERIDGE by Elizabeth Strout  McSWEENEY'S Jane Austen  Oliver Sacks  Daniel Menaker  Sewanee Writers' Conference  Mike Levine  ONE STORY  Hannah Tinti  Marie-Helene Bertino  Maribeth Batcha  Billy Goldstein    James and Daniel discuss:  The New Yorker  Paula Whyman  Alice Munro  "Royal Beatings" by Alice Munro  Richard Avedon  M

After some negative pre-publication reviews, Jamie Quatro feared the worst. Then, critic James Wood and the NYTBR (among others) hailed her collection, I WANT TO SHOW YOU MORE, as a classic. Jamie and James talk about conflating writer and subject matter, depicting the female gaze and female sexuality, and writing novels vs short stories. Then, the agent Anna Stein joins the show to go over what an agent does, how to find one, and mistakes writers make along the way.      Jamie and James Discuss:  David Gates  Amy Hempel  Bennington College Low Residency MFA  Princeton University Pepperdine University  Sheila Kohler  E.M. Forster  Franz Kafka  Flannery O'Connor  Margot Livesey  Andre Dubus (II)  PROXIES: ESSAYS NEAR KNOWING by Brian Blanchfield  Sewanee Writers' Conference  RUNNER'S WORLD  INFINITE JEST by David Foster Wallace  QUACK THIS WAY by David Foster Wallace  BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN by David Foster Wallace  BLUETS by Maggie Nelson Tin House Summer Writer's Workshop  THE FUN STUFF: AND OTHER

Jesse Donaldson tells James about the Oxycodone scourge, the effect it has had on his home state of Kentucky, and how it informed his debut novel, THE MORE THEY DISAPPEAR. He also recommends writing while gardening, and recalls the time he drove to New York with a tape-playing robot. Plus Lauren Cerand joins the show to discuss book publicity.    Jesse and James Discuss: FOURTH OF JULY CREEK by Smith Henderson  PHAIDON  ANDY WARHOL CATALOGUE RAISONNE Kenyon College  Lewis Hyde  P.F. Kluge Breece D'J Pancake  Denis Johnson ICE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD by Mark Richard  Amy Hempel  Raymond Carver  Graham Greene  Ernest Hemingway  Jorge Luis Borges  Becca Wadlinger George Saunders  Mary Karr  RHINOCEROS by Eugene Ionesco  Samuel Beckett  ELBOW ROOM by James Alan McPherson "Trilobites" by Breece D'J Pancake  Raymond Chandler  DREAMLAND by Sam Quinones  ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren  THE QUIET AMERICAN by Graham Greene  Edith Wharton  Daniel Woodrell  FALCONER by John Cheever  Ross Macdonald  KC Consta

Chris and James go through Chris's life from set maker and creator of latex fish to author of the brilliant GOLDEN DELICIOUS and HOW TO KEEP YOUR VOLKSWAGEN ALIVE. They talk about how writers want to hear from you, how random kindnesses led to their careers, and how Chris came upon his writing style. Then, Kim Liao discusses her essay "Why You Should Aim for 100 Rejections a Year", which was published on lithub.com.      CHRIS AND JAMES DISCUSS: Powell's Books Kevin Sampsell  Boris Vian  JESUS' SON by Denis Johnson  HOUSEKEEPING by Marilynne Robinson TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA by Richard Brautigan THE FAERIE QUEENE by Edmund Spenser Sam Shepard Harold Pinter Caryl Churchill Spalding Gray A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dixon BIG RIVER: THE ADVENTURE OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Roger Miller Geoffrey Wolff Tobias Wolff Jayne Anne Phillips Margot Livesey Junot Diaz George Saunders CIVILWARLAND IN BAD DECLINE by George Saunders DOGWALKER by Arthur Bradford Andre Dubus Andre Dubus III Arielle Greenberg Mary Caponegro Cheryl

Mark Powell pulls double duty to talk about both writing (as the author of four novels, most recently, THE SHELTERING) and MFA programs (he helped start the program at Stetson University). They chat about Mark's circuitous route to writing from his childhood in South Carolina to his time in divinity school to his slow realization that he needed to write about his own life.      Mark and James discuss: The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Sports Illustrated LONESOME DOVE by Larry McMurtry  John Grisham   Eudora Welty  Flannery O'Connor  William Faulkner  Cormac McCarthy  The New Yorker  NPR  The Peter Taylor Prize for the Novel  James Dickey  Janette Turner Hospital  Ron Rash  Les Murray  Seamus Heaney  William Butler Yeats  THE LORDS OF DISCIPLINE by Pat Conroy  Story River Books  Carson McCullers  William Gay  Don DeLillo  RESUSCITATION OF A HANGED MAN by Denis Johnson  Noam Chomsky  PLAYERS by Don DeLillo  Howard Zinn  "Beverly Home" by Denis Johnson  Chantel Acevedo Patricia Engel  Edwidge Danticat  Francisc

Pauls tells James about his new book, DOG GONE, his path to sobriety, his favorite pencil, and how his life has (thankfully) changed since their days at Middlebury College. Plus Emily Crowe from Odyssey Bookshop suggests summer reading (listed below), discusses the value of independent bookstores, and makes suggestions for a good book event.      James and Pauls Discuss: Baker & Spice Bakery Portland, OR  Oakley Skis Tesla Automobiles  The Rotring Tikky- The Official Pencil of Pauls Toutonghi  Knopf  Salman Rushdie  Bill Clegg  Tim O'Connell  Renee Zuckerbrot  LitHub  Joy Williams  Karen Russell Jim Shepard  GOODHOUSE by Peyton Marshall  Skip Horack  Printer's Row Book Festival  Watermark Books  Jay Parini    Emily and James discuss: HOMEGOING by Yaa Giasi*  THE SPORT OF KINGS by C.E. Morgan* THE PRINCE & THE PAUPER by Mark Twain  ALL THE LIVING by C.E. Morgan CHURCH OF MARVELS by Leslie Parry*  THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy  THE REASON I JUMP by Naoki Higashida (translated by David Mitchell)* Tom Frank

It's an all-out poetry extravaganza! Sarah Holland-Batt (THE HAZARDS) talks to James about creating a collection, poems as river stones, inadvertent plagiarism, waterproof editions of her books, and The Childbearing Hips. Plus Rebecca Morgan Frank discusses editing the fantastic online journal MEMORIOUS.      James and Sarah Discuss:  W.H. Auden  Philip Larkin  Derek Walcott  Les Murray  FAUVERIE by Pascale Petit  Homer  STAG'S LEAP by Sharon Olds  Elizabeth Bishop  "The Fish"  Jorie Graham  THE WASTELAND by T.S. Eliot  THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK by T.S. Eliot  Harold Bloom  Geoffrey Hill  Wallace Stevens  Sappho  Bronwyn Lea  Tori Amos Nirvana  Walt Whitman  Emily Dickinson    James and Morgan discuss:  Emerson College  Rob Arnold  The Beacon Street Review  Redivider  Ploughshares  The Believer  McSweeney's  Agni  Katy Didden  Joanna Luloff  Brian Trapp  Matt McBride  Jean Valentine  Rick Barot  Tarfia Faizullah Chloe Honum   

Mona and James talk about her brilliant book 13 WAYS OF LOOKING AT A FAT GIRL and its portrayal of a woman struggling with body image and dysmorphia. She discusses the magic of thirteen, the happiness in sadness, and the beauty of Novembral Musings. Plus Robin Kall on the Point Street Reading Series.      Mona and James Discuss: Brian Evenson   THE IMPERFECTIONISTS by Tom Rachman  THE THINGS THEY CARRIED by Tim O'Brien  THE BEGGAR MAID by Alice Munro Nick Cave    Robin and James Discuss:  Reading with Robin Franklin Park Reading Series   Newtonville Books  Dueling Pianos  Brown University Bookstore    Mona Awad  Howard Axelrod    site: http://tkpod.com  //  email: tkwithjs@gmail.com  //  twitter: jamesscotttk   facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/  //  instagram: tkwithjs

Wil S. Hylton, journalist and author of VANISHED, talks toJames about his upcoming book as well as the stages of his writingcraft, limiting decisions with burritos, letting your reader work,and Willie Nelson. Plus, Christopher Boucher from POSTROAD.   Wil and Jamesdiscuss:The Baltimore SunEsquireBeckDavid GrangerThe New York Times MagazineHarper'sThe New YorkerWilliam HazlittScrivenerThe TattlerThe SpectatorGeorge T FosterNew JournalismSENATOR JOE McCARTHY by Richard RovereTHE RUNNER by David SamuelsDRIVING MR. ALBERT by Michael PatternitiSHAME AND WONDER by David SearcyMichael Lewis Chris and JamesDiscuss:Boston College David Ryan Jaime Clarke Mary Cotton Newtonville Books Jeff Shotts Hillary Chute Ricco Siasoco Raymond Carver Lorrie Moore Elizabeth Graver Junot Diaz INFINITE JEST by David Foster Wallace  http://tkpod.com  // twitter: @JamesScottTK  //  tkwithjs@gmail.com  //Instagram: tkwithjs  //   Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/     

Robin and James commiserate about agoraphobia and how nice is boring before discussing her excellent new book, CRASH COURSE, and the life and craft lessons it contains. Plus, Melanie McNair from Malaprop's Bookstore discusses how HB2 has impacted business and recommends LGBT titles.      Robin and James Discuss:  The New Yorker  The Colorado Review  The Best Creative Nonfiction Vol 1 (Norton)  Raymond Carver Gordon Lish  "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant  O. Henry  "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell  "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry  Alice Munro  Jim Shepard  Neil LaBute    Melanie and James Discuss:  She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan We the Animals by Justin Torres  Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word) by Thea Hillman Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin  Another Country by James Baldwin The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell  Boy Erased: A Memoir by Garrard Conley  The Price of Salt by Patricia

Howard talks to James about his memoir, THE POINT OF VANISHING, and how he was able to create such a vivid portrait of his two years spent living alone in the woods of Vermont. They discuss finding peace in the world and in their writing. Plus Adam Latham from the Sewanee Writers' Conference gives the history of the conference and tips for applying.   Howard and James discuss:   Dwight Garner  Laura Miller  Slate  CBC Toronto Blue Jays  Mindy Kaling  Eat, Pray, Love Bill Bryson The Boston Globe The New York Times Magazine "A Baseline Recovery"  James Blake  Robby Ginepri Random House Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder  Ron Carlson  Ludwig Wittgenstein  Newtonville Books  Brookline Booksmith    Adam and James discuss:  Charles Martin Tim O'Brien  Wyatt Prunty  Tennessee Williams  Steve Yarbrough  Jill McCorkle  American Short Fiction  One Story  Saint Ann's Review  John Casey Christine Schutt  Ryan Call  The Authentic Animal by Dave Madden  Greetings From Below by David Philip Mullins  Josh Weil  Alice

James and Jung talk about her incredible debut novel, Shelter, and the craziness she has ahead of her. They compare the similar traits that made them want to process dark subject matter into fiction and how their spouses forced them to celebrate the good things. Plus, Chris Linendoll from Northshire Bookstore in Saratoga Springs, NY, gives five debut recommendations.    James and Jung discuss:  Town & Country  Sophie's Choice by William Styron  Gotham Writers' Workshop "The School" by Donald Barthelme  John Cheever  Richard Yates  The Rising by Ryan D'Agostino  "At the Train Bridge" by Calvin Trillin  "Boys Town" by Jim Shepard  You Think That's Bad by Jim Shepard    James and Chris discuss: Shelter by Jung Yun The Point of Vanishing by Howard Axelrod*  The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks Lay Down Your Weary Tune by W.B. Belcher* Poorly Drawn Lines by Reza Farazmand* Red Rising by Pierce Brown*  The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins  Blade Runner directed by Ridley Scott  Do Androids Dream of Electric Shee

James and Urban discuss desperate writing, genre snobbery, risking freezing to death for booze, and how a brush with the law turned him into a writer. Plus Becky Tuch discusses literary magazines and her website The Review Review. Urban and James Discuss Redivider Vermont Studio Center  Poachers by Tom Franklin  Hell at the Breech by Tom Franklin  Graham Greene  The Road by Cormac McCarthy  No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy  Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy  Paris Review  The New Yorker  Hatchet by Gary Paulsen  Deliverance by James Dickey  Imagining Argentina by Lawrence Thornton  Hiroshima by John Hersey  Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Becky and James Discuss: Noon Tin House Ploughshares  One Story  Lydia Yuknavitch  Roxanne Gay  Juked     

James and Daniel Torday, author of The Last Flight of Poxl West, discuss working on second novels, getting the facts right, writing about World War II, magnetic people, and, of course, Carrot Top. Plus, Deena Drewis discusses publishing novellas at Nouvella Books.    Dan and James Discuss:  In Cold Blood by Truman Capote  Thucydides N+1  The Rumpus Gay Talese Wells Tower   McSweeney's Dan Shaughnessy Will McDonough Peter Gammons  Elizabeth Kolbert  Tim Junod  Mary Karr Jim Shepard  The Martian by Andy Weir David Foster Wallace  John Jeremiah Sullivan  Jay Kirk  George Saunders  Eric Rosenbloom  Rebecca Curtis  Adam Levin  The Monkey Mind by Daniel Smith  The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky  "17 Things You Learn When You Interview Carrot Top" by Chris Jones  Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare  Philip Roth  Captain Ahab  Humbert Humbert  Iago  The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy by Masha Gessen  Sam Lipsyte  Lauren Goodwin Slaughter  Laura Farmer    Deena and James Discuss: The Sensualist b

In this double-LP episode one spectacular, James and Laura discuss her latest novel, FIND ME, her unusual path to becoming a writer, why Florida wants to murder you, and why she's not smiling. Plus Emily Bell, senior editor at FSG, chats about her job and upcoming titles.    Laura and James mention:  THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER  Kurt Cobain  Courtney Love  riot grrrls  "In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried" by Amy Hempel  Lorrie Moore  Edward P. Jones  Charles Baxter Flannery O'Connor Alice Munro  Philip F. Deaver  Margot Livesey  REVENGE by Yoko Ogawa  SHIP FEVER by Andrea Barrett  L'AVVENTURA directed by Michelangelo Antonioni  THE PASSENGER directed by Michelangelo Antonioni FARGO directed by the Coen brothers  Robert Frost  EVERYDAY-GENIUS.COM LAST LAST CHANCE by Fiona Maazel  THE FLAME ALPHABET by Ben Marcus THE ORANGE EATS CREEPS by Grace Krilanovich THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS by Lewis Carroll  THE SOUTHERN REACH TRILOGY by Jeff VanderMeer THE GIRLS' GUIDE TO HUNTING AND FISHING by Melissa Bank Nayon Cho